There are also a fair number of Druze in Lebanon..I wonder how they feel about this? (I've heard that the Druze tend to be loyal to the country they're in-- Israeli Druze are even more patriotic than many Jewish Israelis...but those in Arab countries are very anti-Israel).

Supposedly they are fierce fighters-- the Arabs fear Israeli Druze soldiers more than the others...

On the specific question of the kidnapped soldiers' religious beliefs, my best guess right now is that one is Druze and one is Jewish. See http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2006/07/israel-does-not-have-bodies-of-four.html

But the Druze are definitely excellent soldiers, and they will unfortunately get no breaks from Hezbullah.

The real fly in the ointment here is what are Hizbollah's militarycapabilities. There are rumors thatIran has equipped them with rocketscapable of reaching Tel Aviv. Onecan only guess where this could goif Tel Aviv was hit by missiles.

Right now Israel is limiting itsresponse to Lebanon but that is anold tactic and not very effective.

Knocking out Syria and taking outthat Mashaal character might be amore logical way to approach thismatter as well as putting a realhurt on Hizbollah and I do meana hurt. Not punitive raids but anextermination campaign. Do it fastthough before the world can react.